STAChoir :)

2011-01-28T23:55:00.002+08:00

Our new blog! NEW BLOG

Farewell

2011-01-23T23:16:00.005+08:00

By now our dear Louise is probably up in the air, preparing to start her new life in Australia. It's never easy seeing members leave, especially when they're going so far away. Nonetheless, we wish her all the best, and she'll definitely be missed. God bless you, dear friend, and please remember to keep going to church =)

Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

P.S. The above pic represents the first time I really got to know Louise. She's grown so much since then, but she'll always be that little girl to most of us, I'm sure.

P.P.S. Funny how all three of my fellow Blue Team members are no longer around =(

Well done!

2010-12-19T16:27:00.003+08:00

Hey anyone who's still reading this blog! Just wanted to say that A Candlelight Carol was a big success. Well done and a BIG thank you to all those who chipped in. Just wanted to give a few shoutouts:

Bryan for buying our shirts and coordinating the venue set-up!
Isabel for planning the layout of the seats and helping to prep Casa Maria!
Berenice for buying decorations and coming for almost every meeting/marketing session I called for, and for doing up the promotional slides!
Suzette for agreeing to narrate, doing a splendid job, and for coordinating the marketing stuff!
Laoren for printing the promo cards and coordinating everything!
Uncle Sam for making sure everything went smoothly and doing all the background admin stuff!
Shirin & Brian for helping with the programme booklet and slides!

A BIG thanks to all the families that came down to support STAC!

And to everyone else who came down early to help out. Be it stapling booklets, giving out cards or even just inviting your families & friends to watch, you've all been integral to our success. But remember the message of our little carolling session: Christmas isn't about us, but about Christ. So a HUGE, MASSIVE, GARGANTUAN thanks to God, for His undying love and generous blessings!

Have a blessed, meaningful Christmas, one and all~!

November-December Update

2010-11-03T22:09:00.007+08:00

Hello all!

We have an STAC Facebook group set up by our dear Ignatius, so please put it to good use and start posting stuff there. Anything will do, be it outings, choir-related videos, reminders, words of whimsy, well-wishes (for the kids taking Os and As) or even problems you'd like to share.

That aside, here's an update on what we're doing during the next two months:

November 1 - All Saints' Day, Day of Obligation, Mass @ 8pm (x)
November 2 - All Souls' Day (x)
November 7 - Choir Outing (x)
December 18 - STAC Caroling Session (x)
December 24 - Christmas Eve, Midnight Mass, Post-Midnight-Mass Gathering (x)
December 26 - Sunday Mass (x)
January 1 - New Year's Day Mass (x)
January 2 - Mass (x)

If I've left anything out, do let me know! Enjoy your holidays and God bless~!

Photo Album

2010-10-17T15:44:00.002+08:00

Okay, was digging through my email and realised we have a common Picassa Web album! To all STACMembers, please get over there and upload stuff! Ask someone for the user/password =))

Our public gallery can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/108282943903327629009

And I just realised, Laoren didn't give me full access to the blog D:

NEW MANAGEMENT

2010-10-16T21:52:00.003+08:00

HI ALL! Okay, since we're all busybusy people, I shall be the first to restart this website!

Things to Do:
-Update the Calendar
-Create a Members' Profile page
-Update website info

Okay! Shall start come this monday, after I finish up with my current freelance job! =))

God Bless,
Daryl

STAC 36th Anniversary Celebrations

2010-01-10T21:25:00.001+08:00

Date: 30/01/10 (Saturday)
Time: 1600-2200 (4.00pm - 10pm)
Location: Bryan's place

Let Shirin/Marilyn know what you'll be bringing for the potluck, and see you there!

STAC BBQ

2010-01-06T18:39:00.002+08:00

Date: 09/01/10 (Saturday)
Time: 1730-2200 (5.30pm - 10pm)
Buses there: 62, 82, 113, 325, 27, 80, 87, 89, 161

Let Bryan know if you're going, and see you there!

Events calendar

2009-12-23T11:08:00.000+08:00

Avro Part's Magnificat :)

2009-08-07T13:14:00.000+08:00

sorry for the delay!

2009-07-14T00:13:00.001+08:00

[ work in progress.. ]

the STAC video game!

2008-10-26T21:30:00.002+08:00

finally! bug-free! :)

heh our dear daryl has spent hours and hours to work on this really funny game involving many of our own choir personalities, so do play it!!! i shall play when i'm free hahaha. otherwise i think i'll be distracted from sch work lol.

download it HERE! and the password is "AQUINAS" (make sure u type in all caps)

(if u cannot get it, try this link instead. no password required)

the instructions he says:
-Open and install the RTP
-Open the file titled ChorusSilence and direct it to your Desktop
-Open extracted file and double-click the icon marked Game
-Do not touch data file (if any)

Enjoy! ;)

Feast Day stall!

2008-09-23T16:42:00.004+08:00

Thanks to our dear daryl and gang, we had a good time preparing and playing Basket Ball! :P

Preparation on Saturday..

and den on Sunday!

Selene and Nico's cotton candy...

And our maze adventure hahaha!

Maze Video #1

Maze Video #2

more photos coming soon! ;)

2008-09-01T22:24:00.004+08:00

7 hours of hard labour and hard laughs...

We could have settled for something easier, but...

DAMN IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!

Amazing Race II

2008-05-23T22:19:00.004+08:00

News and updates

2008-05-02T09:37:00.002+08:00

just to make things easier, hopefully this site can be used to replace the news page. hahaha. so that don't need to surf so many other pages. yeah. so there will be static stuff along the side as well lah. but announcements will still be posted into yahoogroups. :)

It's May!

2008-05-02T08:46:00.001+08:00

meaning that this is the month of Mary devotions and to pray the rosary! :D

The old is trying out having a group blog for STAC so that we all can share our thoughts, our photos, our different lives with each other. I know that a lot of us have our own blogs already, but I haven't had a group blog in a long time heh. it's fun! everyone gets to post, just gotta have a blogger account (cos i'm on blogger :P) i'll try to see if can just post thru email regardless of whether you have blogger / gmail accounts just so that ppl dun need to specially get one just to post. yeah. den this website can be more exciting also woh~

thanks bryan! ;)

The St. Thomas Aquinas Choir

2008-01-27T14:55:00.000+08:00

We celebrate our 35th anniversary this year, having come a long way from our humble beginnings since our founding in 1974. We currently have about 25 members ranging from 13 to 20-somethings . As one of the choirs of Nativity Church, our role is to provide liturgical music during the celebration of the Mass and to lead the congregation in cantoring, but as one of the youth groups, we know how to let our hair down as well!

Where to catch us!

We sing at the 7.30am Mass every Sunday morning, and join the combined choir twice a year during Lent and Advent, for Easter Vigil and Christmas Mass. The practices are frequent, long and tough, but nobody complains, because everything is worth it in the end. We also keep closely in touch with the other choirs – Holy Spirit Choir, St. Hilary’s Choir and Salve Regina Choir.

And other things besides

Singing is not all we do – we also have holiday retreats, get-together sessions and other fun activities as well. For Lent last year, we did a church visitation cum Stations of the Cross prayer session, by visiting various churches in the Serangoon district and reflecting on stations of the cross at each church.

Our choir may not have professional training, but we have informal vocal training conducted by our own choir members (those with music/vocal training). They may not be music teachers, but we do learn many things we would otherwise not know (besides, the lessons are free!) On occasion, we also attend liturgical music workshops to learn more about the role and function of liturgical music in the church and in the Mass. It also gives us an opportunity to meet members of other choirs in Singapore, whom we have learned many things from.

What if i can't sing?

Many people seem to think that you need formal training in vocal singing, or background in music, in order to join the church choirs – this is not true! Many of our members have no background in music but are doing just fine, and having fun too. Vocally trained or not, so long as you can hold a tune, and are willing to learn, you are invited to join us.

If you’re interested, please contact us via Leonard (98338527) or Bernard (96194865) or drop us an email (sta.choir@yahoo.com).

Alternatively, join us for Sunday practice at 8.30am, in church or at Rm C-3 (next to the canteen), or morning breakfast at Blk 401 from 9.30am onwards (though we may be slightly late sometimes), and we’ll tell you more.